being a photographer

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Always seeing something, never seeing nothing, being a photographer Walter De Mulder
It's 3pm and I have spent the day (since 9am lost in beautiful halls of my iphoto archives). I've been asked again this year to participate in a fundraising art book curated by Sara Harley called Paws for Charity (last year I missed the deadline and I was very determined to not miss it again this year - Feb 14th). But Oh my ! choosing just 5 photos (from all my adored pet images) nearly killed me, it actually made me feel sick. In the end I sent 8 but I could have easily sent 48. Thank goodness I have this blog, this place to document all my tons of visual love. Of course many of my favourites photos from les iphoto archives are of Miss D since she's with me ... always.

Winnie turned 14 in January and it feels like she has always been with me. What will I ever do without her ?
I love you madly Miss Dixon !

The first one looks like a Karst (is that his name, that man who photographed all those famous Canadians and made big fancy coffee table books?)! She is just looking at you with such love and happiness...

Alison in Japan(P.S. The most beautiful envelope arrived in my mailbox yesterday full of wonderful ideas and words or encouragement. I can't wait to get a frame for it and put it right beside my bed. It will be the first thing I look at every morning. Immediately went out shopping to try to find something special to send back. But all the fancy stores around here have Western stuff - no beautiful Japanese art to be found. So you will have to be a little patient... I am on a treasure hunt to see what I will find...)

Hi Sybil, Dee & Alison. I am so happy that I have so many photos (& memories) of Winnie. Our walks each day, especially our early morning walk, feel sacred to me ... it's when I think about that time of day I'm sure I'll be lost without her.

Alison I think the photographer you're thinking of is Karsh (Yousuf) & what a lovely compliment (it's the light) - that image is a polaroid SX-70 from many years ago, early days of this blog's life.

http://www.karsh.org/

There are more, many more, Miss Dee portraits from the archives to come - in fact I think it will be a 3 day event ! xos